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(No Model.) v r J. s. WILLIAMS. ATTACHMENT FORBROOMS. I No. 570,358.Patentedocti-z' 1896.

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' I .7 ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. \VILLIAMS, OF KREBS, INDlAN TERRITORY.

ATTACHMENT FOR BROOMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 570,358, dated October27, 1896.

Application filed February 3, 1896. erial No. 577,895. (No model.)

the straws of the said brush-section more or less tightly together,rendering the broom adaptable for any kind of work, such ascarpet-sweeping, scrubbing, &c., and insuring a longer life for thebroom.

, Another object of the invention is to con-' struct a clamp which willengage with the handle as well as the brush portion of the broom, andwhich may also be used for suspending the broom from any desiredsupport, and also to construct the clamp in such manner that it will notonly serve as a brace for the brush portion of the broom but will lendelasticity thereto, especially when the broom is used for Vigoroussweeping.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of referenceindicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved attachment, and Fig. 2 isa detail view of a handle whereby the attachment and the broom withwhich it is connected may be hung up.

In carrying out the invention the attachment may be said to consist,primarily, of a clamp A, adapted for adjustable engagement with thebrush portion of the broom, jaws B adapted for engagement with thehandle-section of the broom, and arms 0 and C, serving to connect thejaws and the clamp, the said arms being also adapted to regulate theadjustment of the aforesaid clamp.

The entire device is preferably made of spring-wire of a suitable size.The jaws B are ordinarily constructed with concaved inner faces, andwhere the arms 0 and 0 connect with the said jaws the wire is twistedupon itself, as shown at 12 and 13, since each arm is usually made oftwo strands of wire. The jaws B may be opened out or closed, as may bedesired, through the medium of slides 10, which have vertical movementin corresponding members of both jaws, and a hook or an eye 11, or itsequivalent, may be connected with one of the aforesaid slides 10, inorder that the attachment and the broom to which it is connected may behung up, so as to preserve the working surface of thebrushsection of thebroom in proper condition.

At a point between the upper twisted surfaces 12 and 13 of the two arms0 and O and the lower ends of these arms the said arms are provided withtwisted surfaces 14, and each arm is bifurcated below the lower twistedsections, as shown in Fig. 1. The members of the bifurcated end of thearm 0 are designated, respectively, as 15 and 15 while the members ofthe opposing arms 0 are designated as 16 and 16. The members of the armC may be drawn together or permitted to spring apart at their lower endsthrough the medium of a slide 15 having movement upon the two members 15and 15, the slide being provided at its ends with suitable eyes toreceive the said members, and a corresponding slide 16 is employed inc0nnection with the members of the opposing arm 0'.

The wire forming the member 16 of the arm 0' is at the lower end of thesaid member bent upon itself to form an eye 17, and the wire is thencarried horizontally beyond the opposing member 16, forming a horizontalsection 17 terminating at its inner end in an eye 17. The horizontalsection 17 constitutes a portion of the clamp A, and it'is made to passloosely through an eye 18, formed at the lower extremity of the oppositemember 16 of the said arm O. Afterthe eye 18 is formed the wire iscarried loosely through the eye 17 and after extending out wardly apredetermined distance the strip of wire 18 forming the continuation ofthe said arm member 16 is bent upon itself and returned, terminating atits inner end in an eye 18. The eye 18 is looped from another eye 19,formed at the lower extremity of the member 15 of the arm 0, and afterthe eye 19 is made the wire 19 is carried through an eye 20, formed atthe lower end of the member 15" of the said arm 0, which strand 19terminates in an eye 19 The continuation of the wire 2O from the eye 20is passed loosely through the eye 19 and is then bent upon itself andreturned, terminating in an eye 20, which is in looking engagement withthe eye 17 first described. Therefore the stretches of wire 17, 18, 19,and 20 constie tute the clamp A, and it is evident that when thebifurcated sections of the arms 0 C are drawn together at their lowerends the clamp A will be contracted in size, and that it will naturallyexpand or increase in size, owing to the spring character of thematerial, when the bifurcated ends of the arms 0 and O are permited toseparate.

In operation the slides 10 of the jaws are drawn downward,permitting thejaws to separate, while the slides 15 and 16 of the arms are carriedupward, so as to permit theclamp to expand to its fullest extent. Thehandle of the broom is then passed upward through the clamp A betweenthe arms O and .O, and likewise between the jaws B, and the entiredevice is then adjusted down the handle until the clamp is brought overthe brush-section of the broom at the desired point. The slides of thejaw are then carried upward to close the same to a contact with thehandle, and the slides of the arms are forced downward until thematerial of the brush-section of the broom will be drawn together astightly as may be required for the character of the work to beperformed.

If in practice it is found desirable the wire or cord used for tying thebrush-section of the broom may be cut and the clamp used instead. Whenthe clamp is so employed, the brush of the broom may be worn practicallyuntil the handle is reached.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A broom attachment,com.prising a clamp formed oftwo sections, sliding one upon the other, arms rigidly secured to thesaid sections, and means for drawing the arms together or allowing themto spring apart to contract or expand the clamp, substantially asdescribed.

2. Abroonlattacl1inent,comprisinga clamp formed of two sections slidingone upon the other, bifurcated arms rigidly secured to the sections. andslides on the members of the arms whereby the sections of the clamp canbe adjusted by moving the slides up or down on the arms, substantiallyas described.

3. A broom attachment, comprising two arms having bifurcated lower ends,a clamp integral with the members of the arms and formed of two sectionssliding one upon the other, each section being formed by two members,one of each arm, and means for contracting and expanding the clamp,substantially as described.

4. A broom attachment, comprising two arms having bifurcated lower ends,a clamping-section formed on the lower ends of the members of each arm,said sections having an interlocking and sliding connection with eachother, and slides on the members of the arms, substantially asdescribed.

5. In a broom attachment, a clamp adapted to embrace the brush-sectionof the broom, arms connected with the said clamp, adapted to receivebetween them the handle of the broom, means, substantially as shown anddescribed, for increasing or decreasing the .size of the clamp,adjustable jaws attached to the said arms, and a suspension device whereby the clamp and the broom carried thereby may be hung from a commonsupport, as and for the purpose specified.

6. The combination, with a clamp constructed in adjustable sections,.ofarms bifurcated at their lower ends and provided with extensions at saidends, forming adjustable sections of the clamp, slides to draw thebifurcated portions of the arms together, and adjustable jaws connectedwith the said arms, as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN S. WILLIAMS. Witnesses:

JNo. SHIPLEY, FRANK INNS.

